Chinese contribution to NOIRvember
When Yinan DIAO (Golden Bear 2014 for FIREWORKS IN BROADBAND DAY / Feuerwerk am helllichten Tage) presented his new film LAKE OF THE WILD GEESE / See der wilden Gänse in the competition at Cannes 2019, the Chinese city of Wuhan, in which the film is set, was not yet world-famous.
It tells the story of a gangster (classic: Ge HU) who has to assert himself in a murderous gang war with the help of a prostitute (Lun-mei GWEI) in order to be able to give his wife (Qian (Regina) WAN) the police reward for his capture...
A wonderfully cool and very stylish neo-noir story from contemporary China is told here. Along the way, you learn about the difficult everyday life in a Chinese city and about the omnipresence of prostitution and crime. When a dance performance culminates in a wild shootout and chase to the sounds of "Rasputin" (Boney M) and "Dschinghis Khan" (German entry in the EUROVISION Song Contest 1979 in Jerusalem), one can only marvel at Yinan DIAO's genre skills.
The film grossed $31 million at the worldwide box office. Definitely worth seeing!
When Yinan DIAO (Golden Bear 2014 for FIREWORKS IN BROADBAND DAY / Feuerwerk am helllichten Tage) presented his new film LAKE OF THE WILD GEESE / See der wilden Gänse in the competition at Cannes 2019, the Chinese city of Wuhan, in which the film is set, was not yet world-famous.
It tells the story of a gangster (classic: Ge HU) who has to assert himself in a murderous gang war with the help of a prostitute (Lun-mei GWEI) in order to be able to give his wife (Qian (Regina) WAN) the police reward for his capture...
A wonderfully cool and very stylish neo-noir story from contemporary China is told here. Along the way, you learn about the difficult everyday life in a Chinese city and about the omnipresence of prostitution and crime. When a dance performance culminates in a wild shootout and chase to the sounds of "Rasputin" (Boney M) and "Dschinghis Khan" (German entry in the EUROVISION Song Contest 1979 in Jerusalem), one can only marvel at Yinan DIAO's genre skills.
The film grossed $31 million at the worldwide box office. Definitely worth seeing!